Fr. Bel R. San Luis, SVD
What’s your legacy of love?
May 03, 2024 11:36 pm
There’s a poignant story told when a destructive earthquake hit Turkey some years ago. After the temblor, rescue teams worked frantically, hoping that some people buried under the rubbles might still be alive.
More worshippers than do-gooders?
April 26, 2024 11:15 pm
Once a student of a Catholic college was being initiated into a Catholic organization. He was asked: “What are the most important requirements of our Christian faith?”
Need for more religious vocations
April 19, 2024 4:17 pm
Tomorrow is Good Shepherd Sunday. It is a day in the Catholic Church worldwide to focus attention on the religious vocations of priests, nuns and lay brothers, and to pray for more vocations.
When our faith is tested
April 13, 2024 1:19 am
In today’s gospel, we read about the third appearance of the Risen Lord to two disciples at Emmaus. The manifestations served to confirm and bolster the sagging faith of his close followers. They had doubts and misgivings if he was really the expected Messiah. “Did he really rise from the dead?” The appearances were important because they served as the bedrock of the faith of the early Christians.
Divine mercy, hope for sinners
April 05, 2024 4:04 pm
An SVD missionary in one of the Pacific Islands related how surprised he was one day to be visited in his parish by a woman carrying a handful of sand. “Do you know what this is?” she asked. “It looks like sand,” replied the missionary. “What does this all mean?”